Diogo Santos Coelho's lawyer, Jono Medeiros, told Lusa Agency that “the public ministry has confirmed it. [português] He promoted his constituency's arrest warrants and related notification of extradition requests to the United Kingdom through diplomatic channels, namely the Foreign Office.
According to the prosecutor, the intention is to try the Portuguese hacker in a “territorially competent country” – Portugal – and not in the United States, where the criminal framework for the crimes in question is too heavy.
João Medeiros said the aim was to “abandon” extradition to the UK, with a Portuguese MP's initiative to extradite Diogo Santos Coelho, pledging to co-operate with Portuguese authorities. to America, in return exiled to Portugal with his consent.
The Público newspaper reported the news about the situation of the Portuguese hacker, stating that the investigation against Diogo Santos Coelho was being carried out by the Porto Regional Department of Investigation and Criminal Action, as the young man lived in the Prague area. From where he committed part of the crimes.
A Portuguese hacker arrested in the United Kingdom two years ago is suspected of creating a platform that traded large amounts of stolen data online, including passport numbers, account details, bank accounts and access passwords. Allegedly paid in cryptocurrencies.
If Diogo Santos Coelho is extradited to Portugal, especially with the consent of the target, the possibility of North American authorities requesting Portugal to extradite him to the United States is excluded, as Portugal does not extradite nationals, except in cases of terrorism. , explained Jono Medeiros.
Currently, the Portuguese hacker is fighting a legal battle to avoid extradition to the United States, where he faces a lengthy sentence for conspiracy, device access fraud and aggravated identity theft, which could exceed 50 years in prison, according to Público.
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